The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-06-18
The 9ailg 8mllstim,
SATURDAY. JUNE 1S, 1887.
OCEAN STEAMERS.
THE LINE OF THE CANADIAN pAoIr

THE LINE OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC.
T. r. Wheelock is an Englishman
who for twenty years has made
Shanghai his residence, and who
takes the deepest interest in COM
merce between the shores of the
United States and those of the Celes-
tial Empire. He has on many oc-
casions visited his native land, and
almost invariably has chosen to cross
the two oceans and this continent in
order to reach his home. Hearing
that he was at the Palace Hotel,
and knowing that he was interested
in the affairs of the Canadian Paci-
fic Railroad, o Chronicle reporter
interviewed him Friday and culled
the following facts in the course of
half-hour's chat relative to that
railroad company and its new line of
ocean steamers just established be-
tween Hongkong and Vancouver.
VANCOUVER RIVALRY.
"When does the Canadian Paci-
fc Railroad Company propose run
ming its steamship line?" asked the
Chronicle reporter.
"The first steamer will leave
Yokohama on the 29th of this month
that is on Sunday"
"How many steamers are there?"
"There are three" said Mr..
Wheelock, "the Abyssinia, the Par
thia and the Batavia"
"These names sound very fami-
liar; in fact, they are the names of
three Cunarders," remarked the re-
porter.
"That is so. These three steam
ers formerly belonged to the Cunard
line of Royal Mail steamers, and
were sold by it, OR rather handed
over to John Elder & Co., the great
Clyde shipbuilders, in part payment
for the company's two splendid
ships, the Umbrla and the Etruria."
"Ilave they, then, been chartered
by the Canadian Pacific Railroad
Company" was the next question.
"Well, that is moot point,
whether they belong to William
Pierce, the head of the firm of FL
der & Co., whether he is simply
running them to suit the require
ments of such line, or whether he
has leased them, l cannot positively
state. They have, however, been
altered considerably, and will be the
finest now on the Pacific ocean. The
Abyssinia and the Parthia have had
new triple expansion engines put
in, which has, of course increased
their speed very much. The Bata-
via is fast boat as she is, and then
all the internal fittings are new, SC
that they are the acme of comfort as
well as speed. All the work was
done by John Elder of Glasgow"
MAKING QUICK TIME.
"Presumably the steamers will
now run regularly, will they not?"
"Certainly they will, The route
will be Hongkong, Kobe, Yokohama
and Vancouver.
"What time will the trip take,
and how will it compare with that
of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany|'
"The Canadian Pacific Railroad
Steamship Company estimates that
with these fast steamers it will make
the trip in nineteen days. Now the
Gaelic, in which came" continued
the gentleman from Shanghai, "tool
four and half days from Hongkone
to Yokohama and sixteen days
seventeen hours from there to Sar
Francisco, making over twenty-onG
days in all, which is longer trip
than the one to Vancouver.
evil the line be popular, do you
think ?"
"Without doubt" was the de.
cided answer. "The Abyssinia lief,
Sydney on April 10th with a cargo
of coal and proceeded to Shanghai
and thence to Hongkong, aud before
she was in sight of Shanghai every
cabin berth was booked. Before
left Shanghai every berth in the Par.
thia was also booked, and she viii
only sail on the 30th of June"
CHINESE FOR CANADA.
edo you think the Chinese viii
avail themselves of the new line? p
"That," answered Mr.. Wheelock
"depends upon the action of the
Canadians toward the Chinese. Al
present they don't seem to have
made up their minds for restriction
yet. Possibly the Canadian Pacific
will run a line of steamers down tC
San Francisco; it will only take
three or four days, and time is nc
question with the Chinese. The
new line will bring them across 81
cheaper, and that is all the Chinese
want"
"Apart from a probable Chinese
accretion, Vancouver will benefit by
this new line of steamers, will i
not?"
"Doubtless it will. There never
has been an oceanic line of steamers